Getz, Falcons Fly Past Bengals, 49-21, In Season OpenerCody Getz runs for 218 yards and three touchdowns, while Connor Dietz rushes for 74 and a score and had 142 yards passing as Air Force beat Idaho State 49-21.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Cody Getz ran for 218 yards and three touchdowns, Connor Dietz rushed for 74 and a score and had 142 yards passing, and Air Force beat Idaho State 49-21 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

Jon Lee and Mike DeWitt also had touchdown runs for the Falcons, who ran for 490 yards and had 628 yards of total offense.

Kevin Yost was 41 of 52 for 355 yards passing and two touchdowns, and Josh Hill had 55 yards receiving and two scores for the Bengals.

Air Force tuned up against the FCS Bengals before next week's game against No. 8 Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Falcons ran for 490 yards, with 303 of those coming before halftime.

Getz had 151 of those on his way to becoming the first Air Force player to rush for more than 200 yards since Chad Hall had 275 against Army on Nov. 3, 2007.

Idaho State had a chance to go ahead after Parker Herrington missed a 43-yard field goal at the end of the Falcons' first drive. Yost drove the Bengals to the Air Force 14, but on third-and-10 he was sacked by Jared Jones.

Brendon Garcia then missed a 39-yard field goal attempt that would have given the Bengals the lead.

The Falcons took over after that. Getz scored on fourth-and-2 from the 9 to put the Falcons ahead 7-0 late in the first quarter.

He added scoring runs of 63 and 41 yards in the second quarter, and Lee scored from 14 yards out late in the half to put Air Force ahead 28-0.

Idaho State's offense, held in check for most of the first half, responded with 75-yard touchdown drives on its first three possessions of the second half. Yost threw scoring strikes of 5 and 9 yards to Hill, and Xavier Finney scored from the 2 to keep the Bengals within reach.

After Yost's first touchdown pass, DeWitt answered with a 7-yard run to put Air Force ahead 35-7. Dietz ran 49 yards to make it 42-14, and Colton Huntsman capped the scoring with a 12-yard run in the fourth quarter.